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Re: [IPsec] Issue #26: Missing treatment of error cases

From: Yoav Nir <ynir_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Sep 03 2009 - 21:14:46 GMT
To: Keith Welter <welterk@us.ibm.com>

Yes, I will soften the language a bit, but I won't mention a DELETE payload. If some implementations do it. others may come to expect it. We don't want to encourage that by suggesting that it's a good idea.

On Sep 3, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Keith Welter wrote:

> If the error occurs on the
> initiator, the notification MUST be returned in a separate
> INFORMATIONAL exchange, with no other payloads.
Should an implementation be prohibited from sending an empty delete payload in this case? I would prefer wording like the following: "with no other payloads except an optional empty delete payload".

Keith Welter
IBM z/OS Communications Server Developer 1-415-545-2694 (T/L: 473-2694)

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